A coalition of seven charitable foundations—led by the Mellon Foundation, and joined by the Ford Foundation, Hawthornden Foundation, Lannan Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Poetry Foundation, and an anonymous foundation—have launched a $50 million Literary Arts Fund, “an unprecedented effort to dramatically boost the essential yet critically underfunded nonprofit literary arts field in the United States.” Jennifer Benka is executive director. She was previously longtime president and executive director of the Academy of American Poets. Benka says in the announcement, “I’m grateful to the foundations that founded the Literary Arts Fund for the critical leadership role they’ve […]
Archives for October 2025
Print Sales Held Steady In the Third Quarter, Down Slightly
Circana Bookscan formally reported print sales data for the third quarter, when the “market remained steady” — running at 1 percent below sales from the previous year, as was the case in the second quarter. Adult fiction sales declined 1.3 million units in the quarter, and young adult unit sales fell 4 percent. In contrast, children’s books grew 2 percent overall in the quarter, led by children’s nonfiction sales, which rose 6 percent. You can follow Bookscan data all the time through our range of data offers, which go from full agency licenses that provide full market data down to […]
New Books Publishing October 28
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Louise Penny, Mark Z. Danielewski, and V.C. Andrews. New nonfiction includes work from Zadie Smith, Cameron Crowe, Judd Apatow, Jonathan Karl, Shea Serrano, and Jonathan Freedland. 17 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-28 14 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-28 Also publishing this week are new titles by Catherine Newman and Molly O’Sullivan, both excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter anthology. We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out October‘s […]
Forthcoming: Newly-Found Dr. Seuss Picture Book
On June 2, Random House Children’s will publish THE 50 UNITED STATES! by Dr. Seuss. The complete manuscript and cover image, plus “notes on overall art direction,” were found this year in the archives at UC San Diego’s Geisel Library. Tom Brannon completed the illustrations in Dr. Seuss’s style. According to a release, “with Dr. Seuss’s signature rhymes, rhythm, and wordplay, SING THE 50 UNITED STATES! invites readers to learn and name all fifty states together with the iconic Cat in the Hat and two Little Cat helpers.”